Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633 — Photo: www.bridgemanart.com

Mischief Night

1975

oil on canvas

78.8h x 122w (cm)

The Hepworth Wakefield

Narrative

Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities

Music | Dance

Night | Dusk

Towns | Town Life | Buildings

Bonfires | Flames | Smoke

Ladders

Strange Pictures

RA Summer Exhibitions

The Art of Richard Eurich

Recto: signed and dated lower right: R Eurich ’75

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Bicycles / Ladders

Bonfires / Flames / Smoke

England

Gatherings / Festivities

Motifs

Music / Theatre

Narrative

Night

Problem Pictures

Sets

The North

Themes

Towns / Town Life / Buildings

Subject

Figures

Guy Fawkes night

Hepworth Wakefield Gallery

animals

architecture

awning

balcony

band

bonfire

bonfires

catherine wheel

children

chimneys

church spire

crowd

dancing

drums

dusk

dustbin

evening

factories

factory

fire

fireworks

flare

groups

guy

hand cart

hats

hills

hobby horse

horse

houses

ladder

masks

men

mills

musical instrument

pantomime horse

policeman

post box

postbox

religious

river

road

shirtless

skeleton

spectators

stone celtic cross

street lamp

terraced houses

viaduct

Medium

Oil

Mischief Night, where havoc and mischief are created by children the day before Guy Fawkes, is a particularly Yorkshire custom. 'This location is imaginery, but when out for a walk with a friend in Huddersfield, I suddenly stopped because in front of us was the scene of buildings etc which was nearly complete on my easel at home.'

- from correspondence with Caroline Krzesinska, "Richard Eurich RA - A Retrospective Exhibition" catalogue 1979-80; entry 93.

Provenance & Events

EXHIBITION • 8th May to 1st Aug 1976

"Summer Exhibition 1976"

Royal Academy of Arts

Cat 345

SOLO SHOW • 26th Apr to 20th May 1977

"Richard Eurich RA"

The Fine Art Society

Cat 56

EXHIBITION • 24th Sep to 20th Nov 1977

"British Painting 1952-1977"

Royal Academy of Arts

SOLO SHOW • 22nd Jan to 25th Feb 1978

"Richard Eurich RA"

Cootes Gallery

ACQUIRED • 1978

The Hepworth Wakefield

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum / Museums and Galleries Commission Purchase Grant Fund; accession no. A1.932

SOLO SHOW • 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"

Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

Cat 93

SOLO SHOW • 28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994

"The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992"

Southampton City Art Gallery

Cat 71, illustrated

References:

Catalogues

"Edge of All the Land” Southampton (1994)"; Southampton City Art Gallery / Nicholas Usherwood. [Figure 71]

Books

"The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 112, pg 133]

Other

"Bridgeman Images"; [view imagek]
"Art UK Curations 3"; [20th Century spotlight: The Hepworth Wakefield | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]

Related Works

The Guy (1948)

Northern Landscape (1957)

The Guy (1958)

The Last of the Guy (1983)